Section 5
Amending the Constitution
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Amending the Constitution
To protect the Constitution from hasty alteration, the framers of the Constitution wrote Article V.

Formal Methods of Amending the Constitution
The formal amendment processes are enumerated in Article V of the Constitution.

Informal Methods of Amending the Constitution: Societal Change and Judicial Review
The formal amendment process is one of two major ways to amend the constitution.
The Twenty-Seven Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
The twenty-seven amendments serve two purposes: to protect the liberties of the people and to change original codes from the constitution.